Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1887-07-08
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Churches in tho United States
grow in number at the rate Of ton a
day, II is said.
Tho Vermont State Agricultural
college has "winter class" for farm
ers, a capital idea.
The Baptist ministers of Brooklyn
have formed an organization for the
discussion of topics of general interest
"A few years ago society to pro-
mote atheism was announced in Paris.
Now we hear of League Against
Atheism" by French philosophers. 70
Tho ubiquitous small boy has be-
gun to lay his annual contribution of
posics on the teachers desk, only to be
rewarded later in the season by having
his baseball and marbles conliscatcd.
Portland AdUertiSer.
AT q meeting of the Woman's
Board of Missions, in Boston, the treas
urcr, Miss Emma Carruth, reported
the receipts for the year at about $i7,-
600, of which $1,000 are in legacics.-
Christian Union.
1t is stated that out of the $4,000
inhabitants of the Samoan Islands,
1000 are church members, and 5000
are candidates for membership. There
are 200 native pastors.
Ono of the earliest collections
for foreign missions to the heathcn
was made Mt Nottingham, Eng, when
Els, or 500, was contributed. Last
year the Protestant churches of Europe
and America gave for this object no
less than $l1, 900, ,000.-M J. Witness
Boston school-board officials have
posted notices in all the school build
ings of that city forbidding the chew
ing of tobacco by the pupils. They
have even posted the notice in the
girls high-school building,m to the
Indignation of the young women.
The church of England official
yearbook contains these statisticS
Communicates, 1,1S1,915; Sunday
school scholars, 1,767, ,006; baptisms-
infant, 450,794; adult, 12,93S; incum-
bcnts, 13,S0S; revenues, f5,003, 035.
church building, restorations, endow-
ment, parsonages, etc., f1,445, S39.-
Indianapolis Journal.
BY the will of the late Oliver
Hoyt, of Stamford, Conn, Wesleyan
University receives $25, 1000 to increase
the permanent endowment funds. This
completes long series of gifts,
amounting to nearly 100000, which
Mr.. Hoyt has made to the University.
The total income of Oxford Uni
vcrsity last year was f64,299, against
e62, 107 in 1885. A balance of 1,004
Mas been carried forward, as against
f333 last year. The Univcrsity's in
come from its estates decreases, but
the increase of fees and dues more than
makes the loss good.-Farm, Field and
Stockman.
"A correspondent sends us the fol-
lowing: II was once building church
in village in Canada. The carpenter
had examined the plans-for pulpit,
lccturn, choir stalls, ETC., and altar.
He seemed puzzled, so L asked. him
what was wanting. We'll, sir, he an
swered, this is all beautiful, but you've
left no room for the sofie. ~ Chicago
LiUtng Church.
The cost of administration of the
Methodist Missionary Society is rela-
lively quite small. Out of every 800
contributed $95 goes to the missions
direct; $2.74 to ''incidental expenses"
that is, interest and annuities, expenses
of bishops in visiting missions, insur-
ance, exchange, ETC.. $1.35 to "office
expenses,s that is, salaries, travelling
expenses, stationery, etc., after deduct
ing amounts received from rentals of
mission-building; 81 cents to dissemi-
mating missionary information.